• India’s ranking has dropped 28 places to 140, amongst 156 nations, making it the third-worst performer in South Asia, way behind Bangladesh and Nepal. About: • India regressed 13.5% points with 9.1% decline in the number of women ministers.…
• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the Central Sector Scheme – “Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI). Objectives of the Scheme: • Support creation of global food manufacturing champions; • Strengthen select…
• Recently Ministry of Environment has said that a state/UT government will not impose any additional direction after in-principle approval has been accorded by the centre. • The clarification was issued after the Odisha government sought the implementation of a…
• Finance Minister has said that interest rates on small savings schemes will continue to be at the levels as in March 2021. • Ministry of Finance decides the small savings interest rates on a quarterly basis and the schemes…
• Scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciences (ARIES) have developed an algorithm, CMEs Identification in Inner Solar Corona (CUSCO) to detect and track CMEs in lower corona. About: • The parameters determined by CUSCO are useful to characterise…
• The Minister of Finance launched the Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) to review user files. CSC is a program of the Corporate Affairs Ministry that aims to check user records through a direct process. The purpose of launching CSC is…
• Centre has tightened the procedure for grant of central funds under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) through new rules. About new rules: • Each state will be required to set up a Single Nodal Agency (SNA) for each CSS. •…
• TRIFED has signed a MoU with the administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for implementation of the MSP (Minimum Support price) for MFP (Minor Forest Produce) scheme and Van Dhan Yojana. About: • The Scheme’s…
• CSIR and Bharat Biotech will collaborate to bring messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine platform to India. • During COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have been developed and approved vaccines for use. • Unlike conventional vaccines that inject…
• The Centre has decided to retain the inflation target of 4%, with a tolerance band of +/- 2 percentage points for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). • RBI in its report had stressed that the current numerical framework for…
• The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared African Forest elephants and Savanna (or jungle) elephants to be “critically endangered” and “endangered” respectively. Earlier, African elephants were considered a single species and were classified as “Vulnerable.” This is…
• The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry provided information on the Champion Services (CSS) scheme in Lok Sabha’s written response. This is the overall scheme for 2019-20 to 2023-24. This is the central sector scheme of the Department…
